How to fix the iOS text message bug causing iPhone crashing/reboot

Today news is flying around regarding an iOS bug that causes the Messages app to crash and iPhones to reboot when a certain string of text is received. There isn’t an official fix from Apple yet, but there are a few workarounds and fixes that you can do in the meantime before Apple patches the bug.

Here are a few fixes that users have discovered and sent in:

—Have the person who sent you the malicious message send another message effectively canceling out the initial strand